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Life in the UK Flashcards

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Fundamental Values of British Life

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Democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, participation in community life

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UK offers

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Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom from unfair discrimination, a right to a fair trail, a right to join in the election of government

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Crown dependencies

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Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey- not a part of the UK

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British overseas Territories

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Falklands Islands, St Helena, Montserrat, anguilla, bermuda, virgin islands, sandwich islands

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Stone Age

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Huunter gatherers, 10,000 years ago, first farmers- 6,000 years ago- from southeast europe- stonehenge, skara brea on orkney- best preserved pre-historic village

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Bronze and Iron Age

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People used bronze and iron to make tools and weapons

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Romans

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invadeed successfully in 43AD emperor Claudius. remained 400 years- built roads and public buildings, created structure of law, and introduced plants and animals

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Queen Boudicca

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tribal leaders who fought against- Boudicca queen of the iceni- statue on westminster

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Hadrians Wall

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built to keep out picts in scotland- forts housesteads and vindolanda still seen today

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Anglo-Saxons

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Anglo, Saxon and Jute tribes invaded after Romans, by about 600 AD anglo-saxon kingdoms established. languages modern day base of english, during this period christian missionaries came and spread christianity.

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St Augustine

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1st Archbishop of Canterbury

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Vikings

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first visited in AD 789, anglo-saxons united under king alfred the great and defeated the vikings, also in Scotland reason for uniting undery king MacAplin- scotland began being used to describe the area

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Danish King

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Cnut also called Canute

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The Norman Conquest

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1066- William duke of Normandy led an invasion defeated Harold Saxon king of England. Harold killed in battle- william the conquerer, last successful foreign invasion of England, domesday book- picture of life after norman conquest

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Middle Ages

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Time of almost contast war- Wales annexed to English crown, scots remained independent, ireland gradually came under influence of England, Foreign wars- crusades, the hundred years war with france (battle of agincourt)

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Black Death

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1348- a disease, probably a form of plague came to Britain- wiped out 1/3 pop in Eng and similiar scotland and wales- leading to development of stong middle class

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Magna Carta

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Middles ages was time of legal and political changes- Magna Carta established the idea the even the king is subject to law, protected rights of nobility and restricted kings power to collect taxes or make changes to laws

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English perferred language of Royal Court and parliment

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By 1400

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Wrote series of Poems- canterbury tales in english, one of the first books to be printed using a printing press by william caxton

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War of the Roses

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1455- civil war between House of Lancaster (red Rose) and House of York (White Rose). Ended with battle of Bosworth Field in 1485- King Richard III killed in battle and Henry Tudor became King Henry VII.

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Henry VIII

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Broke away from Church of Rome and 6 wives- extablished Church of England because he wanted to divorce his wife, the king not the pope has the power to appoint bishops and order how people worship

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Henry VIIIs wifes

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Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr

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Queen Elizabeth

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She avoided any serious religious conflicts, became one of the most popular monarchs- defeated the spanish armada 1588

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Mary Queen of Scots

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Catholic queen of Scotland, cousing of Elizabeth- fled to england, kept prisoner for 20 years, eventually executed. Bloody Mary- persecution of protestants

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William Shakespeare

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Elizabethian Era- Plays and Poems

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English Civil War

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1642- between the king (cavaliers) and parliment supporters (Roundheads)

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Oliver Cromwell

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Parliment won civil war- declared commonwealth- Oliver Cromwell given title of Lord Protector

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Habeas Corpus

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1679- no one could be held prisoner unlawfully, right to a trial

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The Glorious Revolution

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Wiliam of Orange married Mary- took over throne from James II- no fighting took place

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The bill of rights

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Balance of power between monarch and parliment- constitutional monarch.

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huguenots

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refugees from France fleeing religious persecution

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The Act of the union

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agreed in 1707- creating the kingdom of great britain

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Robert Walpole

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the first prime minister

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Robert Burns

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The Bard- Scotish Poet, Auld Lang Syne

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The Enlightenment

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New ideas about politics, Philosophy, and Science were developed

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Industrial revolution

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18th & 19th Century- rapid development of industry- develoment of machinary and steam power, development of ship building industries and the railways

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Richard Arkwright

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developed machinary to make textile industry more efficient

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Sake Dean Mahomet

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opened first curry house in england, and shampooing

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slave trade

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illegal in 1807- william wilberforce, after this indian and chinese workers replaced slaves

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War with France

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Nelson and wellington fought against french. Nelson- trafalgar, Wellington- battle of waterloo- french defeat

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act of union 1800

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ireland became unified with england, scotland and wales- created union flag- crosses of england scotland and ireland

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Welsh Flag

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Dragon- not on union because Wales was principality already united with engladn

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George and Robert Stephenson

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pioneered railway engine- major expansion of railways

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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Engineer who built tunnels, bridges, railways and ships- great western railway

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Crimean War

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from 1853 to 1856- britain fought with turkey and france against Russia- first war to be covered by media. victoria cross was introduced

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Florence Nightengale

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Nurse- imporved conditions during crimean war

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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fought to get the vote for women- 1918 women over 30 given right to vote 1928- 21

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Rudyard Kipling

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wrote books poems set in india and the uk, nobel prize for literature, the jungle book, so stories

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Alexander Fleming

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discovered penecilin

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Clement Attlee

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Labour Prime Minister after churchill- welfare state, NHS

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William Beveridge

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Economist- wrote report that provided basis for welfare state- beveridge report

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R A Butler

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Education Act 1944- free secondary school in england and wales

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Dylan Thomas

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Welsh Poet- under milk wood, do not go gentle into that good night

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Swinging Sixties

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social change- divorce and abortion laws, womens position in the workplace improved- equal pay illegal to discriminate on gender

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TV

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20th Century invention- john logie bard

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Radar

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Robert Watson-Watt

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turing machine

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Alan turing- mathematical device

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Insulin

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John Macloed

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Jet Engine

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Frank Whittle

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Hovercraft

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Christopher Cockerell

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Concorde

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Britain and france

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ATm

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James Goodfellow

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IVF

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first test tube baby- sir robert edwards, patrick steptoe

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Cloning

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Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell

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MRI

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Peter Mansfield

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World Wide Web

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Tim Berners-Lee

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Mary Peters

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Olympic gold medalist

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Margaret Thatcher

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first female prime minister, longest serving prim minsiter in the 20th century

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Roald Dahl

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Author- charlie and the chocolate factory, george’s marvelous medicine

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brexit

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left

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Eid al-Fitr

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end of ramadan- muslims fast for a month

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Eid ul Adha

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remember the prophet ibrahim was willing to scarafice his son- animal sacrifices

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roger Bannister

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first man to run mile under four minutes

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Jackie stewart

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Scotish racecar driver

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Bobby Moore

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English football captain- 1966

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Baron Ian Botham

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English cricket player

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Jayne Trovill and christopher Dean

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Won gold medals for dancing- 1984

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Steve Redgrave

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Rowing gold medals

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Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson

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Paraolympic athlete

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Dame Kelly Holmes

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Two gold medals running

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Dame Ellen Macartuher

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Yachtswoman- fastes person to sail around the world

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Chris Hoy

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Scotish Cyclist

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Davie Weir

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Paralympian

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Bradley Wiggins

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Cyclist

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Mo Farah

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British Distance Runner

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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

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Track and Field olympian

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Andy Murray

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tennis

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Ellie Simmonds

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Paralympian

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Henry Purcell

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Organist at westminster- church music

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Gustov Holst

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Composer- the planets

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Edward Elger

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pomp and circumstance marchs

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Vaughan Williams

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wrote music for ochestras and choirs

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William Walton

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wrote music- coronations and Facade

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Benjamin Britten

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operas- peter grimes and billy budd

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The mercury prize

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best album in uk and ireland

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gilbert and sullivan

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comic opers- hms pinafore, pirates of penzance, mikado

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laurence olivier awards

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variety of categories- best director, best actor, best actress, named after famous actor

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The turner prize

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1984- contemporary art- damien hirst and richard wright

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thomas gainsborough

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portrait painter

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David Allen

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Scotish painter

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Joseph turner

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Landscape Painter

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John Constable

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Landdscape painter

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The pre-Raphaelites

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group of artists of the 19th century

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John Lavery

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Irish portrait painter

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Henry Moore

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English sculptor and artist

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John Petts

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Welsh Artist

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Lucien Freud

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German born british artist

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David Hockney

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Pop artist

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17th Century architecture

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Queens house greenich- inigo Jones, st pauls cathedral- sir christopher wren

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18th Century architecture

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dumfries house- scotland, robert adam, harewood house john carr rober adam

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19th century architecture

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house of parliment charles barry, st pancreas railstation george gilbert scott

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20th century architecture

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teh cenotaph- edwin lutyens, Gherkin building norman foster, richard rogers, same zaha hadid

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Landscaping and garden design

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capability brown and gertrude jekyl edwin lutyens

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design

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Thomas Chippendale- furtniture, Clarice Cliff- art dec ceramics, terence conran- interior design.

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Fasion designers

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mary quant, alexander mcqueen, vivienne westwood

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booker prize

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best novel written in english- winners: ian mcewan, hilary mantel, and julian barnes

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17th century poet

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john milton- paradise lost

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18th and 19th century poets

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william wordsworth and sir walter scott

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19th century

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william blake, john keats, lord byron, percy shelly, alfred lord tennyson, and robert and elizabeth browning

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WWI poets

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wiilfred owen and siegred sassoon

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20th century poets

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Sir walter de la mare, john masefield, sir john betjeman and ted hughes

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UK novelist

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jane austen, charles dickens, robert stevenson, thomas hardy, arthur conan doyle, evelyn waugh, kinglsey amis, graham greene, JK Rowling

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Famous gardens

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kew gardens, sissinghurst and hidcote in england, crathes castle and iveraray castle in scotland, mount stewart- northern ireland

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country flowers

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england-rose, scotland- thistle, wales daffodil, ireland- shamrock

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traditional english food

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roast beedf, potatoes and vegies, yorkshire pudding, fish and chips

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Scotland food

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haggis- sheeps stomach

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Wales food

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welsh cakes- flour dried fruits and spices

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ireland food

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ulster fry- bacon, eggs, sausage, black pudding, white pudding, tomatoes, mushrooms, soda bread and potatoe bread

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Places of interest

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The eden project, snowdonia, london eye, edinburgh castle, tower of london, giants causeway, loch lomand and trossachs, the lake district

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national parks

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15- protected coutnryside everyone can visit

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voting age

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since 1969- 18

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The monarch

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gives advice does not make political decisions

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parliment

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made up of house of commons- fully elected and house of lords- those selected by political parties and hereditary rights

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house of commons

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MP- members of parliment- party with most mps forms government, main role to scrutinize and pass laws

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house of lords

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checks and amends legislation but has less power than the house of commons

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MPs elections

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elected at a general election which is held at least every 5 years

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By-election

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when an MP dies or resigns

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the Cabinet

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about 20 MPs selected by the prime minister in charge of departments

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commonwealth

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association of countries that support each other and work towards shared democray, king is ceremonial head, 56 member states

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criminal law

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crimes which are investigated by police and ar punishable by courts- drug, carrying weapons, racial crime, selling tobaco, smoking in public places, buying alcohol, and drinking in public

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civil law

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used to settle disputes between individuals- housing law, consumer rights, employment law, debt

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PCSOs

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police community support officers

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crown court

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serious offenses in england wales and N ireland tried in front of judge and jury, scotland sheriff court

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jury

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members of public from electoral register, picked at random- 12 in E, W NI, 15 scotland

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youth court

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ages 10-17, parent expected to attend, names cannot be made public

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small claims court

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used to save time and money- less than 10,000 in e & w, 5,000 in S and 3,000 in NI

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national insurance number

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age 16

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driving age

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17

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gambling age

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18a

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Moped age

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16

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emancipation act

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1833 abolished slavery

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life peers

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appointed by the monarch

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where do most people live

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towns and cities

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Magistrates

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members of the local community- work unpaid, no legal qualifications

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coalition gov 2010

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conservatives and lib dems- david cameron was prime minister

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magistrates court

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minor criminal cases-e w NI

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justice of the peace court

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minor criminal cases scotland

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hereditary peers

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1991 hereditary peers have lost the automatic right to attend the house of lords

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